Review of Despicable Me (2010) by Mone K — 20 Oct 2015

Despicable Me begins with the news revealing that an Egyptian pyramid was stolen. When super-villain Gru hears of this, his pride is wounded and he plans to pull the biggest heist of the century by stealing the Moon. Gru adopts three girls to fulfill this heist, soon to realize, after many events, that the moon is not more important than the three girls. As the movie comes to an end it is clear Gru has changed and it is all for the better that is.

Great comedy, brilliant animation, and killer actors/characters all make a great animated movie. It all in a way goes into a certain order a nice definite pattern: plot, characters, and then comedy. A movie is like a steak. The plot of the movie is the steak raw and uncooked. As time continues the steak is coated with different seasoning and is cooked, those are what characters are, the seasoning. To finish off the steak sauce is put on top, and that's what brings it all home, which makes the comedy like the sauce.

The plot of the story is simple. A villain wants to be the best villain, and in order to do that adopts three girls. As time moves on he falls in love with the girls and they become his daughters. By the end of the movie Gru drops his villain ways and becomes a great father. It is a nicely organized plot, the flowing of events, mostly everything seamlessly right after each other, for an example the scene in the lab where the ship grows back to size, to Dr. Nefario saving Gru with that ship and telling him about the after effects of the shrink ray. One or two things during the movie seemed a bit out of the blue though. For example the carnival visit stop, the girls have never been to a carnival before so begged Gru to allow them to go. Nothing new came out of the visit, except maybe the deepening of the bond between Gru and the girls.

"His (gru's) army of florescent yellow henchmen", Gru's many helpers minions are a few of the most beloved characters off of the movie (Bob house, Despicable Me, Pluggedin). These little creatures are really what hold the comedic torch for the movie. Between speaking gibberish to each other, fighting each other, and working with each other the minions grow a strong character hold in the movie. Despite their very few showings.

A great character in the movie is Gru, "a hunched super villain conducting all his plots from the suburbs"(Katey Rich, Despicable Me, CinemaBlend). Steve Carell, the voice of Gru, creates the best "thickly accented Gru" ever. He hits the perfect notes every time he opens his mouth. Three other great voice actors where the three adopted girls Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher "They know exactly how to convey hurt, disappointment, joy, and wonder -- not an easy task for young actors"(Dulcie, Despicable Me, Commonsensemedia).

In light of all things said Despicable me is a great movie. The movie might be geared to younger aged children but it's definitely not just for them. This is a movie anyone can get into, it has the right characters. The right amount of comedy and silliness. And the perfectly picked actors for the characters.